Improvement in machines for cutting stamens for artificial flowers



A. GIRAUDA'IK MACHINE FOR cuw'rme smmns FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.

No,175,Q69, Patented March 21,1876.

ATTORHEYS N.PEIER5. PHOTO'LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. B Cv UNITED, STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

AMBROSE GIRAUDAT, or NEUVY, (NORWOOD P. 0., NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT'IN MACHINES FOR CUTIING ST AMEIIS FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.

Specification forming part .of Letters Patent No. 175.069, dated March 21, 1876 application filed January 7, 1876.

' 1'0 all whom itmay con 0cm:

.Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ThreadOutting Machine for Making Stamens for Artificial Flowers, of which the following is a specificationi Figure l is a top view ofmy improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken throughthe line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section'of the same, taken through the line y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of A reference; indicate. corre sponding partsp v r Y The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine forcutting threads into suitable lengths for the stamens of artificial flowers, which shall. be so constructed as to cut the threads evenly and ofuniform length, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use, doing its work rapidly and well.

The invention consists in thecombination of the long straight knives and their holders, I

and the rollers, the brackets, and the springs, with the hinged beam'and itsl'rame or carriage, and the bed-plate of the machine, as hereinafter fully described.

Ais the frame of the machine, to the middle part of which is attached the bed-plate- B, which is so made that its upper part may be free all around and of such a size as to fit intothe frame that holds the threads. To the bed-plate B are attached pairs of bars 0, the bars of each pair being at such a distance apart as to receive a knife or cutter, D, between them. The pairs of bars 0 are secured to the bed-plate B in such positions that the width of the spaces between the knives D maybe equal to the required length of the threads. E is a bar extending across the machine, and which is hinged at its lower rear angle to a rod, F, attached at its center and ends to a bar, G, which is so bent that its end 'parts may be at right angles with the rod F.

To the ends of the bar Gare pivoted small wheels H, which roll along ways N attached to the upwardly-projecting parts of the ends m0ved. back and forth by a handle,

of the frame A. The rear parts of the bar G are kept from rising by guides h attached to per side of the forward ends of the. brackets I. The beam E and its attached rollers K are M, attached-to the said beam E. The threads are held between the cutters D, so that they will not get out of their proper relative positions, by sticks or clampsP placed between the knifeholders C. After the threads have been cut the sticks P are taken from the machine and the ends of the threads are dipped into paste to form anthers, seed-vessels, or fruit, as may be desired.

This construction allows the beam E and its attached brackets and rollers to be turned back out of the way for convenience in applying and removing the frame Q when desired. Theforward movement of the beam Eand its attachments is limited by stops 0 attached to the frame A. With this construction the threads are out upon the long straight knives so that they will be cut evenly and of uniform length. This construction enables the knives D to be easily taken out and conveniently sharpened.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the long straight knives D and their holders G and the rollersK, the brackets I, and the springs L with the hinged beam E and its frame or carriage, and the bedplate B of the machine, substantially as here'- in shown and described.

AMBROSE GIRAUDAT.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER. 

